. Christian herald. e government. In the trip up the other day, atraveling companion remarked thathe saw faces such as he had seen inEgypt. He meant the native In-dians. I do not know whether ethnologists have fig-ured out any connection between the ancient Egj-p-tians and the native races of Central America, butone notes many faces of a distinctive Egj-ptiantype. There are still some aboriginal Indians inthe country, though the mass of the aboriginal racebecame intermixed with the Spaniards who came toCosta Rica centuries ago. These primitive Indians are yet found in the river country, but th
. Christian herald. e government. In the trip up the other day, atraveling companion remarked thathe saw faces such as he had seen inEgypt. He meant the native In-dians. I do not know whether ethnologists have fig-ured out any connection between the ancient Egj-p-tians and the native races of Central America, butone notes many faces of a distinctive Egj-ptiantype. There are still some aboriginal Indians inthe country, though the mass of the aboriginal racebecame intermixed with the Spaniards who came toCosta Rica centuries ago. These primitive Indians are yet found in the river country, but they shrinkfrom contact with civilization. One of the officialsof the big fruit company which has done .so muchto develop Rica told me that in the forestregion along the rivers these primitive Indianswere still to be met with, and, occasionally, can behired for work in clearing lands. But as bananacivilization advances, they retreat farther and far-ther into the wilds. Taking the country generally, the laboring. THE TROPHY OF A HUNT IX RICA classes, or peons, are about two-thirds pure are industrious, and very many of themare landowners in a small way. Costa Rica, infact, has a very large number of small is one cause of the stability of the govern-ment, for revolutions so common elsewhere in Latin-America, and especially in some of the neighboringCentral American republics, are unknown in Costa Rica. As in the United States, they have plenty ofexcitement during an electoral campaign, butwhen the election is held, all parties abide by theresult. At the present time an election is in progress inCosta Rica and, while it has some features notagreeable to Americans, one is struck by the ab-sence of vituperation or personalities. There usedto be an American colony here which was not verydesirable. This was before an extradition treatj-was concluded between the UnitedStates and Costa Rica, under whichfugitives from justice in theUnited States c
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